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Florida State held its Saturday Night Live event on Saturday afternoon with more than 90 of the top prospects in the country working out.

The Seminoles hosted five five-star recruits across multiple classes from California, Mississippi, Washington, and Florida, nine FSU commits, and a famous rapper, and multiple former players including Heisman Trophy Winner Charlie Ward and Peter Warrick.

The event was more about getting the top players on campus and building those relationships, and reps were a little scarce for most of the players, but there were players who stood out.

Alpha Dog

Four-star wide receiver George Pickens was the best player on the field during the camp. He made a couple of excellent catches including one right at the sideline where he beat Travis Jay despite excellent coverage. Pickens and FSU QB commit Sam Howell have built up a strong relationship and Howell’s best throws on the day went to Pickens. FSU still has a lot of work to do if it wants to flip him, but the building blocks are there.

Keenen Jeune, 10, plays some catch with his father Jean (not pictured) as they join a few hundred people in the stands at Doak Campbell Stadium for FSU's Saturday Night Live football recruiting event on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Joe Rondone/Democrat

Jean Jeune plays some catch with his son Keenen (not pictured) as they join a few hundred people in the stands at Doak Campbell Stadium for FSU's Saturday Night Live football recruiting event on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Joe Rondone/Democrat

Quarterbacks

It wasn’t a great day for the quarterbacks with most of them being up-and-down all day. FSU QB commit Sam Howell made some really good throws, but also threw a pick in 7-on-7 and made some bad decisions. 2020 four-star Harrison Bailey had a great day in 1-on-1s, but didn’t really standout in the 7-on-7 going with a lot of safe, short throws. 2020 quarterback Chad Mascoe showed off again throwing a great ball. He still needs some work, but he was one of the three best quarterbacks on the day.

The Trenches

The competition in the trenches was one of the best parts of the day. Four-star defensive tackle Tyler Davis was probably the best overall lineman on the day winning almost all of his reps and was the first in the line for every drill before the 1-on-1s started. He really stood out among a stacked defensive line group. Four-star FSU commit Quashon Fuller looked like the best player running through drills, but didn't take any 1-on-1 reps under orders from his doctor. Four-star FSU defensive end commit Curtis Fann had a pretty good day winning the majority of his reps. Four-star FSU defensive tackle commit Derick Hunter Jr. was okay. He made it clear after the visit that he was committed to FSU.

On the offensive line, five-star guard Kardell Thomas and 2020 offensive linemen Josh Braun and Zane Herring all had very good days. Thomas lived up to his billing as a mauler even though he didn’t throw anyone to the ground at this camp.

The linebackers

FSU hosted five-star linebacker Nakobe Dean and four-stars Kalen DeLoach and Derrick Hall for multi-day visits this weekend. Dean didn’t take very many reps, but did do some of the drills and moved extremely well for a linebacker that size. Getting Dean in for a visit after failing to get him on campus earlier this summer was huge for FSU going forward. He said FSU could get an official after this visit.

Hall took a bunch of reps and looked very good during the drills and 1-on-1s both. DeLoach looked smooth during drills, but didn’t really stand out during the 7-on-7s with limited reps. He’s close to making a decision, and FSU is the likely choice.

Secondary

Four-star FSU cornerback commit Travis Jay was one of the best defensive backs on the day. He got beat by Pickens once, but did well in coverage for the most part. He also worked at safety and said his recruitment is completely shut down before he left. Four-star safety Brendan Gant had one bad play, but also had a very nice pass break-up at the end and was overall solid in coverage. Five-star cornerback Akeem Dent didn’t work out, but him showing up said enough. He chose to come to FSU over Alabama for the recruiting event and said it would be tough to pull him away from FSU.

Underclassmen

Four-star 2020 wide receiver Javon Baker stood out during 1-on-1s and made a couple of really nice catches in 7-on-7. He was one of the top wide receiver performers of the day. 2020 linebacker Stephen Dix – cousin of NFL safety HaHa Clinton-Dix – earned an offer from the Seminoles and called FSU his dream school. 2020 wide receiver James Thomas also had some nice reps in the 1-on-1 setting.

The atmosphere

FSU didn’t reach its goal of 10,000 people in the stands and didn’t even reach half that number likely due to the heat with the temperature over 90, but the overall atmosphere was fun and exciting for the players.

There was a live DJ playing music and the players were all having a good time during the event.

When FSU has the event next year it should be later in the day to avoid the heat and get more people to the event.